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Recent Examples of technicality
Not having a permit is just a technicality.
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Remember when conservatives looked down on winning due to a technicality?
—Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2026
Sun Chanthy then joined the Candlelight Party, the successor to the Cambodia National Rescue Party, but it in turn was barred from competing in the 2023 general election on a technicality.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
The designation is merely a technicality, according to the American Presidency Project.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Remember when conservatives looked down on winning due to a technicality?
—Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2026
Sun Chanthy then joined the Candlelight Party, the successor to the Cambodia National Rescue Party, but it in turn was barred from competing in the 2023 general election on a technicality.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
The designation is merely a technicality, according to the American Presidency Project.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for technicality
subtlety
Noun
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For even in extravagance, subtlety was key.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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The balance between visual impact and emotional subtlety is what gives the exhibition its strength.—
Olga Garcia-Mayoral,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technicality. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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